Super Righteous Player
Chapter 1121 - 174: Annan Is Full of Malice

Chapter 1121: Chapter 174: Annan Is Full of Malice

In fact, Annan was also very helpless.

Originally it was just a jest, but now he really seems to have become an unparalleled grand conspirator...

After Annan appeared in Noah, the originally smoothly proceeding King Selection Ceremony suddenly became chaotic. The two heirs who were most likely to become the King of Noah encountered unexpected incidents one after another.

The Eldest Princess, who was the most promising candidate for the new monarch, withdrew without any warning. Now, she is far from the Royal Capital, dealing with the resettlement of veterans and overseas exploration.

The other was directly assassinated by a killer who did not know the truth.

—Since the affairs concerning Nicholas II couldn’t be known by the ordinary people, especially in the Kingdom of Noah where the knowledge of Transcendents was completely controlled. But once all parts concerning Nicholas II were omitted... it would make the entire incident extremely bizarre, inexplicable and seemingly filled with conspiracies.

The accidents in Noah could still be considered pure coincidences; the mass arrests and executions of the nobles in the northern region by the Winter forces could also be regarded as Annan’s own family affairs.

But this time, it’s really hard to explain...

After Annan came to the United Kingdom, the rate of Transcendent criminal cases in various places suddenly increased by several times. Many nobles and major merchants were assassinated, and in the warehouses for the upcoming "First Dennisiowa Technology Exhibition," many precious exhibits vanished without a trace or were inexplicably destroyed.

If afterward, an explosion occurs again at the Magma Forbidden Tower...

Due to the special nature of the Wizards... the death of a powerful destruction Wizard could result in a sympathetic detonation. In a region as densely packed with destruction Wizards as the Magma Forbidden Tower, the accidental death of one could lead to a chain of explosions.

The chain explosions caused by the subsequent deaths of multiple silver Wizards could already pose a fatal threat to Annan. Not to mention Arthur and others who have not yet advanced to Gold.

Although the players can be revived, Arthur and the rest cannot.

Since this plan was proposed by Annan, and Ingrid is mainly an enemy of Annan, he certainly cannot just abandon them. Nor can he use them recklessly to fight his enemies to the death—

If it were Annan who had just arrived in this world, or even if it were the ’dark’ Annan, he would probably do so. Because it is a more efficient and safer strategy.

But the Annan of now would reject it without hesitation!

Because if he also committed such acts, then he and his "mirrors" would become the same kind of people.

Even the mere wish of "I don’t want to become like them" can serve as a direction to move forward.

Therefore, in order to protect Arthur and the rest, as well as to personally defeat Ingrid, Annan must definitely make a trip to the Magma Forbidden Tower. And this time, he must go.

But if that’s the case, for outsiders with even a bit of analytical ability, things would appear like this—

After Duke Annan arrived in the United Kingdom, he summoned an assassination squad composed entirely of high-ranking Transcendents from the Winter duchy.

After that, many nobles who advocated for war were assassinated by unknown Transcendents. Many valuable inventions were stolen or taken, and many craftsmen who came from around the world to participate in the exhibition were kidnapped, spirited away, disappearing without a trace—when they return, they will prove that they were indeed abducted by Annan.

Then a disaster the likes of which had never occurred before unfolded at the Magma Forbidden Tower. The massive, continuous explosions left no surviving Wizards inside the Tower at that time—this made people recall the tragedy at the Heath Tower of Black in Noah. Coincidentally, when the accident at the Heath Tower of Black occurred, Annan was also just in Noah...

And the one who took control of Heath Tower of Black was Annan’s friend, Salvatore. Arthur Burnfang, who would soon be in charge of the Magma Forbidden Tower, and Ofelia Danisoya, who was to inherit the throne, also had private dealings with Annan.

The United Kingdom had also been preparing for a long time.

The invention of "Drest Flamelle" was intended to force the pirates to start a civil war themselves.

Afterward, the kingdom’s navy could use "quelling the rebellion" as a pretext to deploy regular troops, and after wiping out the pirates, they would station themselves on each of the islands. Thereby forcefully taking control of these areas outside Dennisiowa’s control.

And this plan, Annan would not intend to change... Annan guessed that Ofelia wouldn’t change it either.

Dennisiowa’s increased control over the Feld Archipelago can objectively also gradually improve the United Kingdom.

Firstly, the greatly inflated prices on the islands and the controlled industrial chain can gradually normalize, and without encountering pirates anymore, the people who travel between the islands will also be safe. The lives of the people will improve... after all, the means of indirect exploitation through pirates are inherently unhealthy and dangerous.

But the ordinary people will not realize this.

They will only notice that Dennisiowa suddenly started a civil war—and this "pot," the instigation of a civil war in the United Kingdom to flatten the opposition, is also something Annan must carry on his back.

And when their lives turn for the better, it is naturally because the "Three Sages" are wise enough, talented. It has nothing to do with this matter.

Meanwhile, since Ofelia Danisoya’s position in the succession order is far down the line, for Annan to make her succeed, he would inevitably have to kill a number of heirs blocking the path. This would certainly leave some traces...

People would then have a sudden realization—this is also the work of Duke Annan!

His aim is to centralize the power of the Unified Kingdom! To reclaim the authority dispersed across the Privy Council... yet not to return it solely to the King. Clearly, this is to control the "Three Sages"!

In this way, the upper echelons of this nation would all be directly or indirectly controlled by Annan, similar to the situation in the Kingdom of Noah.

Annan thought this and his face immediately fell.

He always felt that the "master schemer" label could not be removed from himself.

Furthermore, Annan sensed that when future generations look back on him, they would likely marvel at his intricate plots—what a formidable tyrant and an unparalleled genius in troubled times!

Even Annan himself thought this "version of himself in the information" was indeed both handsome and strong.

But the part he disagreed with was this.

Annan really hadn’t done anything at all.

Whether in the Kingdom of Noah, in the Duchy of Winter, or in the Unified Kingdom, Annan had been as hands-off as possible.

It was all these inexplicable enemies who came looking for trouble themselves—either planning to kill him, or to steal his Fragments of Truth, or, while planning to kill him, simultaneously aspiring to become gods themselves and whimsically reshape the world...

Afterward, under the threat of the terror of death, Annan had fought back fiercely—and somehow, inadvertently hammered the opposition to death. The repercussions of his counterattack even changed the entire environment of the local nation.

Not the natural environment, but the artificial one.

—Thankfully, my reputation hasn’t been completely ruined.

There is definitely no clearing my name in the Kingdom of Noah and the Unified Kingdom.

When my grandmother awakens, there will be another major purge over in the Duchy of Winter—this time, a "conspiracy" truly devised by Annan himself.

Thinking this, Annan took a deep breath.

Fortunately, Annan had previously created an alias, concentrating the entire network of the Underground City in the organization he invented, dubbed "Eye of Secrecy." And what does the mastermind behind the Eye of Secrecy have to do with me, Duke Annan?

Additionally, Annan hadn’t yet officially visited The Holy Nation.

Considering the True Gods’ favorable disposition towards Annan, it was presumed that The Holy Nation’s view of him would probably be more positive too...

"How did it turn out like I’m some kind of behind-the-scenes manipulator..." Annan sighed in the carriage: "But I really haven’t done anything..."

They did not delay for long, nor did they have any sort of pre-battle meeting, otherwise Ingrid, once the Tower Master of Thousand-Faced Phantom Tower, might have sensed something was amiss.

So they set off immediately—

From the Royal Capital of Dennisiowa to the Lava Forbidden Tower, it would only take half a day.

By sunset, they would arrive at their destination.

In addition to Annan and the Silver Brigade, Isaac and Selicia were coming too.

Annan also brought Husky, Longjing Tea, Thirteen Spices, and A Dian—four wizards who had performed excellently in the previous operations.

Since they were going out to stir up trouble this time, considering the "Annual Ritual Ceremony," the Absolver and Paper Princess could not come along.

And Husky, hearing this and standing beside Annan, turned his head subtly, pursing his lips smartly and keeping silent.

—Even Husky, with his brain reduced to mush, knew that sometimes the whole truth should not be spoken.

"Shall we play a game of chess, Your Majesty?" Husky took the initiative to change the subject, pulling out a chessboard from somewhere: "Look, this is a game I’ve invented. I call it Wizard Auto Chess... The rules are quite simple, each wizard has a different school, and each chess piece falls under one of three tiers: bronze, silver, gold..."